Skye Jethani: Quotes about God

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“Consumerism is the dominant worldview of North Americans. As such, it is competing with the kingdom of heaven for the hearts and imaginations of God's people.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“Consumer Christianity seeks to construct programs to capture God's power and produce predetermined outcomes, rather than surrender to the mysterious movement of God's grace which, like the wind or fire, is beyond our control.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“The abundance of our definitive words about God shows that we don't view him as a great mystery anymore, but as a sterile calculation without ambiguity or obscurity.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“Learning to see the world as it truly is - saturated with the presence and love of God - should be the essence of Christian discipleship, or what many call spiritual formation.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“Our culture has confined our imaginations with an uninspiring vision of God. He's been reduced to a manageable deity of consumable proportions.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“Silence can shatter the trivialized deity that has occupied our imaginations and provide God the canvas to begin a new work in our souls.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“It is recognizing God's eternality that liberates our minds from their consumer inclination to reduce him to a commodity.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“In a consumer culture "incarnating Christ" no longer carries an expectation of Christians loving God and their neighbors; but rather the perpetual consumption of Christian merchandise.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“We have a certainty about God and his ways that leads us to replace the mystery of faith with manageable spiritual formulas.”

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)